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Old Aug 12, 2004 | 12:19 pm
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Originally Posted by cakobau
Is there any chance that I can standby for the earlier FRA-HAJ flight, rather than waiting 4 hours in Frankfurt Airport? Or better yet, has anyone ever been able to swap into an earlier connecting flight before ever reaching their target country?
Shouldn't be a problem. I've done this several times on Lufthansa, but not until I reached the airport from which the standby flight was departing. However, I have never done this with checked baggage.
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